Ramona Quimby, Age 8
Eight-year-old Ramona Quimby is facing a big year as she starts third grade at a new school. With her father back in college and her sister Beezus in junior high, Ramona has to prove she is grown up enough to handle her own responsibilities and get along with her neighbors. It is a realistic look at the small but important challenges of childhood and family life.
This book functions as a standalone story and does not require prior knowledge of the earlier installments to follow the narrative. It is the sixth entry in a series that chronicles Ramona's life from kindergarten through her later childhood years.
The character of Ramona Quimby has appeared in various screen adaptations, including a 2010 feature film titled Ramona and Beezus that draws inspiration from multiple books in the series. There was also a television series produced in the late 1980s that featured stories from these novels.
The American Library Association recognized this title as a Newbery Honor book in 1982.